Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high voltage switch with high reliability in operation by increasing insulation strength. SOLUTION: A quench chamber includes a housing arranged along an axis, an arcing contact device held in the housing, an exhaust gas volume of which a boundary is drawn by the housing, and an exit channel for exhaust gas 9 which passes through a wall surface of the housing. An edge 21 which passes around the axis in an annular shape, and is electrically shielded is arranged on one end surface 20 of a housing attachment 18. A flow of the exhaust gas 9 coming out from the exit channel is separated from the housing attachment 18 by the edge 21. Because the exhaust gas 9 is separated from the housing attachment 18 by the edge 21, the gas enters the metal container in a form of a gas jet 30 of which a boundary in a diameter direction is drawn on an outside. COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT